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Reversed and passed ogtt

OGTT = Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

(its the one where you chug a measured amount of lucosade :hungover: or glucose water :yuck: and get tested before and 2 hrs later)
 
No but I probably inadvertently did a 'mini' one the other day when I had a fresh cream meringue - later found out it was approx 30g of carbs! Not sure what I was before but at 1 hour my BS was 6.2, at 2 hours 6.3 and 3 hours 5.4 so not sure what happened there - perhaps the cream helped!!
 
Daphne917 said:
No but I probably inadvertently did a 'mini' one the other day when I had a fresh cream meringue - later found out it was approx 30g of carbs! Not sure what I was before but at 1 hour my BS was 6.2, at 2 hours 6.3 and 3 hours 5.4 so not sure what happened there - perhaps the cream helped!!
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I tried before with 120g of wholemeal bread + fig jam

1hr is 6.5...
It was so amazing.
 
Asked my doctor for one after ND and he said there was no point and he only used it to diagnose and would use HbA1c to determine my status
 
Well it would seem I've passed the coca cola test at any rate.

BG 6.7 then half an hour after drinking said glass BG 8.5 then at one hour BG 6.9 then 5.2 at two hours.:)
 
How many g carbs on you coca cola? I believe the OGTT is a set amount of carbs (75g???) and the nurse that did mine sat there with a stop watch to make sure i drank it within 2? 3? mins. I was then told to sit still (no stairs, no wandering about) for the whole 2 hours.

Without the test conditions being consistent, accurate comparison isnt really possible.
 
muzza3 said:
Asked my doctor for one after ND and he said there was no point and he only used it to diagnose and would use HbA1c to determine my status
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My identical twin sister used to get those from her Dr before becoming diabetic, so as to keep an eye on her. I asked my Dr why I didn't get offered them and told the annual blood test was enough. Diagnosed diabetic a lot of years after her.
 
@Brunneria well according to my carbs and cals book as it was half a pint I drank that would be about only 30g carbs.

Though to be fair I was not really trying to say it was a definitive test I did drink the cola in error but thought I would use that to have a quick check on how I'm doing though I was fairly still during that period and took me about thirty seconds to down it other wise I would have realised it wasn't my diet cola.

Tomorrow I could could try 718ml that would be about 78 grams of carbs but I would hesitate to do so not so much worried by the carbs but the calories.
 
I meant for the OGTT cola has about the same amount of sugar as lucosade and I will admit I was being a bit flippant.
 
My first HbA1c about two years ago was 54 my second about a year ago was 64 these where ignored by my GP.

New GP actually diagnosed me last December I have neuropathy in feet and hands and back ground retinopathy.

About 6 to 8 months ago decided to take control changed diet to low carb and have since lost about 5st in weight.

My Fbs testing my self are now regularly in the 4s to 5s and hardly ever go above 7 during the day. My BG last night at bed time was 6.6 the night before 6.0
It's taken me about 6 months to gain control but before actual diagnosis was sort of working in the dark not testing and guessing at what was best to do.Then I came here best thing I could have done.

Am confidently awaiting my next HbA1c which should be soon now.
 
JohnEGreen said:
My first HbA1c about two years ago was 54 my second about a year ago was 64 these where ignored by my GP.

New GP actually diagnosed me last December I have neuropathy in feet and hands and back ground retinopathy.

About 6 to 8 months ago decided to take control changed diet to low carb and have since lost about 5st in weight.

My Fbs testing my self are now regularly in the 4s to 5s and hardly ever go above 7 during the day. My BG last night at bed time was 6.6 the night before 6.0
It's taken me about 6 months to gain control but before actual diagnosis was sort of working in the dark not testing and guessing at what was best to do.Then I came here best thing I could have done.

Am confidently awaiting my next HbA1c which should be soon now.
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Your 1st and 2nd hb1ac is not within diabetic right?
 
HbA1c results in the UK have usually been aligned to the assay used in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), expressed as a percentage (DCCT-HbA1c) - non-diabetic 'normal' range being 4-6%. Since 1st June 2009, HbA1c results in the UK have been standardised to the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) which will allow global comparison of results, with the equivalent normal non-diabetic range of IFCC-HbA1c being 20-42 mmol/mol
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Diagnosing diabetes
Although HbA1c testing is mainly used for monitoring blood sugar control in patients with diabetes, the World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends that HbA1c can be used as a diagnostic test for diabetes, provided that stringent quality assurance tests are in place and assays are standardised to criteria aligned to the international reference values. An HbA1c of 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) is recommended as the cut-off point for diagnosing diabetes. A value less than 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) does not exclude diabetes diagnosed using glucose tests. One advantage of using HbA1c for diagnosis is that the test does not require a fasting blood sample.
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